Job Description

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Interior Health is seeking an experienced and dynamic

Registered Nurse

to join our

Surgical team on 3 East

at the Kelowna General Hospital in beautiful

Kelowna, B.C.

Who We Are:

Interior Health (IH) is committed to achieving a culturally diverse and inclusive workforce that is representative of the communities we serve, and where you are encouraged to bring your whole self to work. Well-being and work life balance is promoted within the IH team, and our commitment to environmental sustainability supports our primary goal of increasing the health and well-being of everybody in the Interior Health region from our employees to the population we serve.

What We Offer:

We offer a range of employee benefits and services to support you at every stage of your career:

Employee & Family Assistance Program Employer paid training/education opportunities Generous Vacation Entitlement Employer Paid Health Benefits Municipal Pension Plan Shift Premiums Competitive wages

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About the Job:

The Registered Nurse:


Practices in a variety of clinical settings and is responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of client care Works in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team Ensures the delivery of client-centered care by assisting individual clients and their families respond to changing health care needs Demonstrates a specialized body of knowledge and bases practice on nursing science and related content from other sciences and humanities

This is a Relief Pat Time (0.50) opportunity until March 18, 2026, or return of the incumbent.

Shifts of work will be scheduled days; rotating from 07:00 to 19:00 hours.

About this location/unit:

Interior Health has embarked on an expansion plan to meet increasing demands, expand health services, and enhance patient care in the Okanagan. Construction of the six-storey, Centennial Patient Care Tower was completed in May 2012. It includes an expanded emergency department and ambulatory care department, five new operating rooms, a rooftop helipad, an expanded adult inpatient psychiatric unit, and extra space for more patient beds in the future. Kelowna General Hospital is the site of the brand new clinical academic campus for the University of BC Medical School.



3E is 36 bed unit with 1 overflow bed that can have us at 37 patients. 3E is a team based nursing unit with 4 RN/LPN teams, as well as an RN/LPN float for day shift, and an RN float on night shift. 3E is a wonderful unit full of opportunity to consolidate and build nursing skills and competencies. This unit specializes in complex wound care, tracheotomies and plastic surgery.




Come join our team and see why we're one of

Canada's Top 100 Employers

as well as one of

B.C's Top Employers!

Explore our extensive benefits, career growth opportunities, and lifestyle in one of the most beautiful and diverse regions of Canada. Ready to love where you live and work?

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See why

Nursing at Interior Health

is such an amazing opportunity!




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Okanagan Valley!

Graduation from an approved School of Nursing with current practicing registration with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM)